Heart touching Story - Shri Krishna's Most Eye Opening Message - Mahabharat - by Swami Mukundanand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVPBmephytM Full Text 1 There have been so many instances because of the wrong understanding of the scriptures. In history, there was a time when people started differentiating on the basis of caste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVPBmephytM&t=65 2 in Pandharpur, there has been a bhakt called Chokhamela - he had tremendous love in his heart and outside Vitthal Bhagavan's Temple, he used to dance and sing and chant everybody loved it, you sing so well you are such a great devotee but when he wanted to enter the temple, they would not allow him, you are from a lower caste you cannot go in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVPBmephytM&t=83 3 so he used to try and convince them that what is this caste you are talking about ? Does the Sun differentiate where it falls ? Doesn't it fall equally everywhere ? Does the air differentiate whom it nourishes. Doesn't it nourish everybody, so what is this bhed bhav that you are talking about ? However his pleas would fall on deaf ears https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVPBmephytM&t=124 4 and then as is the nature of people, they would apply salt to his wounds, God doesn't like you at all, that is why you are not able to have His darshan, that means you don't have His grace upon you and you will never have it upon you. Now when the people of Pandarpur said this to him again and again, Chokhamela became extremely disturbed and at night he was crying, oh Lord, am I not your devotee, don't I have the right also to have your darshan like everybody else ? You have said in the Bhagwad Gita, “I am equal to all”, then why is it that I am disqualified from entering Your temple ? Chokhamela was crying in this manner and Pandarpur Bhagavan, He accepts anybody's devotion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVPBmephytM&t=151 5 God's rule is very simple, He says in bhakti, if there is any distinction, it is on the basis of your bhakti, on the level of your devotion. So for example a little Gopi gets entry into Maha-Ras and Shankar ji is stopped - but I am Mahadev - that's all right, you have to love like the gopis do ! So the more your bhakti the higher your seat, that is the Lord's criteria. Everything else, He Himself is giving, the only thing the soul can give is its bhakti to Lord https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVPBmephytM&t=224 6 Chokhamela was full of love, but the people were not understanding. Vithal Bhagwan manifested in his house, he started speaking to him and Chokhamela said, Maharaj you are so kind. Vithal ji said come over to My temple so He took him to the temple, now they were at the altar, He said come in, no, no but I am not qualified to go in, Vitthal Bhagavan said who said you are not Qualified, I am telling you are, He took him into the altar and then started speaking to him, explaining to him on how to do bhakti, you chant the names and glories of God, detach your mind from the world, lead a simple life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVPBmephytM&t=271 7 so this talking was going on in the Morning, the head priest used to come atam because the Mangal aarti was at Four in the morning, he had to clean up and he found all this talking going on. So who is inside and he found that Chokhamela is there - he said that look what in the world did you do ? you have desecrated (impurified) our whole temple, Chokhamela said what could I do, God got me inside, no no, don’t give all these excuses, Henceforth, outside the city there is a wall, you have to live on that side of the wall & they made him live on that side https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVPBmephytM&t=325 8 but the Lord is captured by love “अहम भक्त परा so every evening Vitthal bhagwan used to come and visit him there at his home, the moment the darshan would close in the temple, He would go and visit him there https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVPBmephytM&t=368 9 once Chokhamela’s wife, whose name was Saira, she was offering food to the Lord and some yogurt fell on him, Chokhamela scolded her that you have dropped the yogurt on Vithal Bhagavan. by chance the head priest was going from there, he said “I” have dropped yogurt ? what do you say ? and he slapped Chokhamela. When he entered the temple, he found that the cheek of Vitthal Bhagwan was all red and there were tears coming from His eyes, now he had a realization, he said he was actually a great devotee, he discussed it amongst the pundits of the temple and they went and apologized and said please you can come. Since then Chokhamela got entry into the temple, he started coming so even today you will find the grave of Chokhamela outside the temple of Vithal Bhagwan in Pandharpur proving and establishing that in this bhakti, there is no distinction based on any of these things like caste etc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVPBmephytM&t=384 10 Mahabharat has the tale of Utang Rishi, he was wandering on his own, he did not even come to know that the Mahabharata has happened, so subsequently when Shri Krishna was going from Hastinapur to Darka, he met Utang Rishi. Utang Rishi said how are your relatives doing ? your cousins, the Pandavas and the Kaurvas. Shri Krishna said the Kaurvas have died in the Battle of Mahabharata, Utang Rishi said, what ? You were present here on the planet and you allowed them to die ? why did you permit such a thing ? I will curse You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVPBmephytM&t=476 11 Shri Krishna said, what is the use ? you try and understand for yourself, you are cursing me that means your intellect is incomplete. Lord Krishna showed him His Cosmic form. Seeing that, Utang Rishi realized He is Bhagavan, it is all His Leela, so he apologized and surrendered. Shri Krishna said Utang ask for a boon. Utang Rishi said, I am a renunciant, if you want to give me anything give me this boon – since I live in the desert of Rajasthan, whenever I feel thirsty, you should make arrangement for water, Shri Krishna said “Tathastu” (it will be done) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVPBmephytM&t=527 12 some time went by and Utang was extremely thirsty, it was a summer month so when his tongue was all parched (dry) and throat was dry he prayed for Shri Krishna, please arrange for water. Then one came with four dogs, he had a bag, and he said, here, take some water this person (Utang rishi) said oh how can I take his water and he went off https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVPBmephytM&t=584 13 so later on, Shri Krishna came, he said Shri Krishna, You had promised when I feel thirsty, You'll arrange for Water, why did You not fulfill Your word ? Shri Krishna said, I did fulfill, I sent devaraj Indra in the form of that and I instructed him to give you Amrit (nectar) to this Sage, Indra said, how will I give this nectar to ordinary mortal ? I will go in the form of a mortal, let us see whether he has God's spiritual wisdom or not and you failed in the test seeing the external body etc. you refused https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVPBmephytM&t=617 14 Utang Rishi realized his mistake and the Mahabharata taught us the message that these external things, whether it is wealth or beauty or knowledge etc. have importance in the material realm BUT in the spiritual Realm whether it is a servant or Indra, on God's door, they are all equal. So even the mantras whether you say “Vishnay namah” or “Vishnave namah” in bhakti, it doesn't matter. One who doesn't know Sanskrit says “Vishnay namah” one who knows Sanskrit says “Vishnave namah”. God says, I don't care whether you say Ram Ram or whether you say mara mara, I see the love in your heart, you can say gadha gadha, but if you say it with great love you will attain Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVPBmephytM&t=672 Transcript
1:05 there have been 1:08 so many instances 1:11 because you know the wrong understanding 1:14 of the scriptures 1:16 in history there was a time when people 1:19 started differentiating on the basis of 1:22 caste 1:23 in pandharpur 1:25 there has been a bhakt called Chokhamela 1:30 he had tremendous love in his heart 1:35 and outside vitthal bhagavan's Temple he 1:39 used to dance and sing and chant 1:43 everybody loved it 1:47 you sing so well you are such a great 1:52 devotee 1:53 but when he wanted to enter the temple 1:56 they would not allow him 1:58 you are from a lower caste you cannot go 2:02 In 2:04 so he used to try and convince them that 2:06 what is this caste you are talking about 2:09 does the sun differentiate where it 2:12 falls 2:12 doesn't it fall equally everywhere 2:15 does the air differentiate whom it 2:18 nourishes doesn't it nourish everybody, so what is this bhed bhav 2:23 that you are talking about 2:26 however his pleas would fall on deaf 2:29 Ears 2:31 and then 2:32 as is the nature of people they would 2:35 apply salt to his wounds God doesn't 2:39 like you at all 2:42 why that is why you are not able to have 2:45 his darshan 2:47 that means you don't have his grace upon 2:50 you 2:51 and you will never have it upon you 2:55 now when the people of pandarpur said 2:59 this to him again and again, Chokhamela 3:01 became extremely Disturbed 3:04 and at night he was crying oh Lord am I 3:08 not your devotee 3:11 don't I have the right also to have your 3:14 darshan like everybody else 3:17 you have said in the bhagwad Gita 3:20 I am equal to all 3:23 then why is it that I am disqualified 3:28 Chokhamela was crying in this manner 3:31 and pandarpur bhagavan 3:34 he accepts anybody's devotion 3:44 God's rule is very simple he says in 3:49 bhakti 3:50 if there is any distinction 3:53 it is on the basis of your bhakti 3:57 on the level of your devotion 4:02 so for example a little Gopi gets entry 4:05 into maharas and shankar ji is stopped 4:10 but I am Mahadev that's all right you 4:13 have to love like the gopis do 4:16 so the more your bhakti the higher your 4:19 seat 4:20 that is the Lord's criteria 4:23 everything else he himself is giving 4:27 the only thing the soul can give is 4:29 Bhakti 4:31 Chokhamela was full of love but the people were not 4:35 understanding 4:39 Vithal Bhagwan manifested in his house 4:42 he started speaking to him and Chokhamela said 4:46 Maharaj you are so kind 4:49 Vithal ji said come over to my temple 4:54 so He took him to the temple now they 4:58 were at the altar he said come in no no 5:00 but I am not qualified to go in Vithal 5:04 bhagavan said who said you are not 5:06 qualified I am Telling You Are he took 5:09 him into the altar 5:11 and then started speaking to him 5:13 explaining to him 5:15 that how to do bhakti you chant the 5:18 names and glories of God detach your 5:22 mind lead a simple life 5:25 so this talking was going on in the 5:28 morning the head priest used to come at 5:30 3:30am. because the Mangal aarti was at 5:34 four in the morning he had to clean up 5:36 and he found all this talking going on 5:39 so who is inside 5:41 and he found that Chokhamela is there he said that 5:46 look what in the world did you do you 5:48 have desecrated our whole Temple, Chokhamela said what could I do, God got me inside, no no, don’t give all these excuses, 5:58 henceforth outside the city there is a 6:01 wall you have to live on that side of 6:03 the wall 6:05 they made him live on that side 6:08 but the Lord is captured by love “अहम भक्त पराधीन:” 6:14 so every evening Vitthal bhagwan used to come and 6:16 visit him there 6:20 moment that darshan would close he would 6:22 go and visit him there 6:24 once 6:26 Chokhamela’s wife whose name was Saira 6:29 she was offering food to the Lord and 6:32 some yogurt fell on him 6:35 Chokhamela scolded that you have dropped the yogurt 6:38 on Vithal Bhagavan 6:42 by Chance the head priest was going from 6:45 there he said I have dropped yogurt what 6:48 do you say and he slapped Chokhamela 6:53 when he entered the temple he found that 6:56 the cheek of Vithal Bhagwan was all red 7:01 and there were tears coming from his 7:03 eyes 7:04 now he had a realization 7:07 he said he was actually a great devotee 7:12 he discussed it amongst the pundits of 7:16 the temple and they went and apologized 7:19 and said please you can come 7:23 since then Chokhamela got entry into 7:26 the temple he started coming 7:29 so even today you will find the grave of 7:33 chokhamela outside the temple of Vithal 7:36 bhagwan in pandharpur 7:39 proving and establishing that in this bhakti 7:42 there is no distinction based on any of 7:47 these things 7:56 Mahabharat has the tale of Utang Rishi 7:58 he was wandering on his own 8:03 he did not even come to know that the 8:05 Mahabharata has happened 8:08 so subsequently when Shri Krishna was 8:11 going from hastinapur to dwarka he met 8:14 utang Maharaja 8:17 though Utang Rishi said how are your 8:19 relatives doing your cousins the 8:22 pandavas and the kaurvas 8:25 Shri Krishna said the kaurvas have died 8:28 in the Battle of Mahabharata 8:30 Utang Rishi said what 8:33 you were present here 8:36 on the planet 8:37 and you allowed them to die 8:40 why did you permit such a thing I will 8:44 curse you 8:47 Shri Krishna said 8:49 what is the use 8:51 you try and understand for yourself 8:54 you are cursing me that means your 8:57 intellect is incomplete the Lord Krishna 9:01 showed him his Cosmic form 9:05 seeing that Utang Rishi realized He is 9:09 bhagavan it is all his Leela 9:12 so he apologized and surrendered 9:16 Shri Krishna said Utang ask for a boon 9:21 who Utang Rishi said I am a renunciant 9:25 if you want to give me anything 9:28 give me this Boon I live in the desert 9:32 he was in the desert of Rajasthan 9:34 whenever I feel thirsty 9:37 you should make arrangement for water 9:41 Shri Krishna said “Tathastu” (it will be done) 9:44 some time went by and 9:47 utang was extremely thirsty it was a 9:50 summer month 9:51 so when his tongue was all parched and 9:54 throat was dry he prayed for Shri 9:57 Krishna please arrange for water 10:01 Then one came with four dogs 10:05 he had a bag and he said here take some 10:09 water 10:10 this person said oh 10:12 how can I take his water 10:15 and he went off 10:17 so later on Shri Krishna came 10:21 he said Shri Krishna you had promised 10:24 when I feel thirsty you'll arrange for 10:26 water 10:27 why did you not fulfill your word 10:32 Shri Krishna said I did fulfill 10:36 I sent devaraj Indra 10:40 in the form of that and I instructed him 10:43 you give Amrit or nectar to this 10:48 Sage 10:50 Indra said how will I give this nectar 10:54 to ordinary mortal I will go in the form 10:58 of a mortal let us see whether he has 11:01 God's spiritual wisdom or not and you 11:04 failed in the test 11:06 seeing the external body etc you refused 11:12 Utang Rishi realized his mistake and the Mahabharata 11:15 taught us the message 11:18 that these external things whether it is 11:24 wealth or beauty or knowledge etc 11:28 have importance in the material Realm 11:33 in the spiritual Realm 11:38 whether it is a servant or Indra on 11:43 God's door they are all equal 11:46 so now even the mantras whether you say “Vishnay namah” or “Vishnave namah” 11:52 in bhakti it doesn't matter one who 11:56 doesn't know Sanskrit says “Vishnay namah” 11:59 one who knows Sanskrit says “Vishnave namah” 12:03 God says I don't care 12:07 whether you say ram ram or whether you 12:10 say mara mara 12:11 I see the love in your heart you can say gadha gadha 12:16 but if you say it with great love you 12:20 will attain me
